Legacy Code Job Trends in Cheltenham

Legacy Code
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legacy Code in permanent job vacancies in Cheltenham. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legacy Code over the 6 months leading up to 25 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 - 56
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Legacy Code 1 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheltenham 0.13% - 0.59%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.65% - 1.72%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £64,875
25th Percentile - - £66,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £73,750
75th Percentile - - £81,563
90th Percentile - - £83,625
Gloucestershire median annual salary - £82,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year - +22.22% +50.00%

All Generic Skills
Cheltenham

Legacy Code falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Cheltenham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 154 42 116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheltenham 20.24% 31.34% 34.02%
Number of salaries quoted 118 19 65
10th Percentile £30,500 - £31,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £26,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,722 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.13% - -2.83%
75th Percentile £78,032 £85,625 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,000 £87,500
Gloucestershire median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £49,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% +1.01% -13.91%

Legacy Code
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Legacy Code relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham.

Legacy Code job vacancy trend in Cheltenham

Legacy Code
Salary Trend in Cheltenham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheltenham citing Legacy Code.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheltenham citing Legacy Code

Legacy Code
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Rust
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA